Recent articles on Child Marriages
Sheriff Covered Up Mormon Child Marriage
Former FLDS leader Warren Jeffs is in jail for taking two young girls as spiritual brides and the sordid practice has continued after his arrest, according to local police.
* http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/09/sheriff-covered-up-mormon-child-marriage.html
Ghana’s president threatens to ‘commit murder’ against child marriage
In this article, Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama, in a bid to support a campaign against child marriage, threatened to commit murder if anyone attempts to marry off his daughter if she was underage.
Child marriages make up one third in Turkey
One third of marriages in Turkey involve underage girls, according to a women’s rights lawyer speaking at a conference that was called to tackle the problem. This recent goes more onto talking about how child marriages are bring Turkey down in a way and also how it's causing some economic distress.
Officials avert child marriage
This recent articles describes about a incident that some reporters discovered. The ‘bride’ turned out to be a 12-year-old and the groom, also a minor. When the team located the house, they found the family members making arrangements for the marriage. It also goes on talking about how the step-mom was forcing the girl to get married so they have one less burden on their shoulder.
* http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/officials-avert-child-marriage/article7960010.ece
African Union Promises to Stop Child Marriage
Marriage before age 18 is already against the law in most African countries. Yet the UN says more 125 million African women and girls alive today were married before their 18th birthday. Experts say most were given to men in traditional or religious unions in violation of the law. This recent articles goes on talking about how Africa is trying to tackle such a big issue with keeping all and both sides of the family happy. Education os parents was one of the main idea that was bought upon.
Africa's child brides expected to double by 2050
This articles talks about Fatimetou, who was 13-years-old whenshe was forced to marry a much older man. She kept running away, but her family kept sending her back.When Fatimetou was 13-years-old she was forced to marry a much older man. She kept running away, but her family kept sending her back. This artcles goes n talking about the struggle she have faced while having early marriage and how comlicated those situations were.
* http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/26/africa/africa-child-brides-unicef/